The son of killed Angolan rebel chief Jonas Savimbi has urged a French court to punish the makers of the video game "Call of Duty" for representing his father as a "barbarian", reports AFP news agency.
Cheya Savimbi told the court that he wanted to "rehabilitate the memory and image" of his father.
Three of Mr Savimbi's children are seeking €1m in damages.
The game's makers, Activision, said the depiction was "rather favourable".
Savimbi founded the Unita movement, waging a 27-year civil war with the Angolan government.
Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 shows him rallying his troops with phrases like "death to the MPLA", referring to the party that has governed Angola since independence from Portugal in 1975.
But his family said they are outraged at the depiction.
"Seeing him kill people, cutting someone's arm off... that isn't Dad," said Cheya Savimbi.
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